Martin Wight
English international relations scholar (1913-1972) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 58
Robert James Martin Wight was one of the foremost British scholars of international relations in the twentieth century, and one of the most profound thinkers on international theory of his generation. He was the author of Power Politics, as well as the seminal essay "Why Is There No International Theory?".
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He was a teacher of some renown at both the London School of Economics and the University of Sussex, where he served as the founding Dean of European Studies.
